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THE SHC MISSION

The SleepyHeadCENTRAL mission is to develop an accessible, accurate, and user-friendly online clearinghouse of sleep information.

This effort is designed to help educate healthcare consumers on the vital importance of sleep in overall optimal health.

My aim as Curator is to give healthcare consumers clear and empowering options to actively address their sleep problems.

---Tamara Sellman RPSGT CCSH, Curator

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Tamara Kaye Sellman is a registered polysomnographic technologist (RPSGT) and certified clinical sleep health educator (CCSH). She is also a sleep apnea patient and lives with hypersomnia partly caused by multiple sclerosis.

Sellman holds a degree in journalism from Columbia Chicago ('90) and is an independent sleep health journalist.

She currently serves as an independent journalist and blogger working for industry associations. She also generates educational materials for the American Association of Sleep Technologists, writes a weekly column for their blog, and contributes to their educational and content strategy committees. She served as Secretary of the Washington State Sleep Society between 2013-2018.

Among her other journalism efforts are award-winning contributions to publications of the American Association of Sleep Technologists (A2Zzz and the AAST blog).

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